by Talking Humanities | Jul 4, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Republished
Caribbeanist anthropologist Dr Adom Philogene Heron, who is curating a review of the Caribbean studies holdings held by Senate House Library (SHL) and the libraries of the Institute of Historical Research and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, offers an introduction...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 11, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Philosophy, Projects, Research & Resources
Professor Manos Tsakiris, a world expert on psychology and cognitive neurosciences, introduces the interdisciplinary ‘Body and Image in Arts and Sciences (BIAS)’ project. Based at the Warburg Institute, part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London, it...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 6, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Daisy Fancourt (above), an early-career scientist, talks about her research which focuses on the effects of arts participation on health, the use of the arts within clinical settings, and the psychosocial impact of cultural engagement at an individual and public...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 2, 2017 | Comms Team, Events, History & Classics, Public Engagement
The government’s announcement toward the end of 2016 that it was going to drop the art history A-level as part of a cull of ‘soft’ subjects, shocked the art world. One reprieve later, Hannah Marynissen and Lisa Marie Deml from the Courtauld Institute of Art, says...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 17, 2016 | Being Human festival, Features, Public Engagement, Republished
Are the humanities in crisis? Professor Rick Rylance, director of the Institute of English Studies at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, discusses the intricacies of the current climate around the humanities, laying out the hopes and fears of...